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I would like to re-boot my comuter.

Dont get vidio at all see drives light up and can

Being able to open a cd or dvd drive only requires power to be going to that unit. The following assumes your monitor is working but is just not displaying anything.What you are describing sounds like you are having a hardware or BIOS iss ...
HP Compaq Presario SR2013WM (RE468AA#ABA) PC Desktop

Computer dies on me (can't say it better due to no technical knowledge; pls read :-)

The 'click' sound you hear when your computer goes off is the hard drive head parking itself. It does this whenever the machine shuts down to prevent damage.As for the problem itself, I believe your computer is overheating. Th ...
Acer TravelMate 290LCi Notebook

Compaq presario 2500 notebook won't boot

This sounds like a weird solution, but it worked for me. I recently bought a used Presario 2500, it worked when the guy showed it to me, when I got home it didn't work two days later. I tried several tips from the web, finally I started pushing sev ...
HP Compaq Presario 2500LA Notebook

Massive series of problems with IBM Thinkpad

Probably itz either minor case of software corruption/improper ground/cpu fan..or major case of faulty or defective main board/ram/addon/daughter cards....plz do check the following as in order:..the Hardwa ...
IBM ThinkPad R40 2897 Notebook

Toshiba 5205-s503 won't start up

In my 15 year career in electronics, among other companies, I have most notably worked for United Technologies as Test Engineering Technician and as an Electronic Failure Analysis Technician for Jabil (Circuit.) I am unemployed due to US electronics ...
Toshiba Satellite 5205-S503 Notebook

T6534 boot issue.

Without testing for myself, It sounds like a hardware compatibility issue. Cant say for sure without more info. Try all the components, one at a time, in another PC if you have the capability. Mainly the HDD, CPU , and memory. I have had this happen ...
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Compaq presario 2500 notebook won't boot

Re: your suggestion for my Dell Lattitude D600 Hard Drive Problem

Ok, now we have some good discourse! While I'd always prefer to use a friend's laptop to test my fringe hypotheses, having your own is a fine option too. And it sounds like you have an enclosure too, so you are pretty much all set. It's r ...
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The computer is asking for system diskette,what should i do?

Are their any disks in the CD/DVD or the floppy drives? That would cause this. It is the most common cause. Is S.M.A.R.T. turned on in the BIOS? You will see a message during the POST that says it is enabled or disabled. The POST is the " ...
Acer Veriton 7100 PC Desktop

Can't boot up laptop

If your Usb port works, then the mobo is working, so possible graphics problem.\015\012\015\012Try booting up in safe mode(normally pressing F8) on boot up then highlight 'start windows in safe mode', to see if Windows will load with only minimal dri ...
Compaq Presario 2140US Notebook

I have a toshiba satellite m55-s3314 and the other night it turned off when i booted it down and then the next day woudlnt turn back on. Took it to BBuy and they said it was a bad hard drive....bought a Western digital 2.5 edie internal HD took the old one out put the new one in and when i start my lap top up all i get is the power button on and the battery led stays on. the hard drive led blinks a few times then goes out the screen stays all balck....i would have thought at least that would co

First off, a bad hard drive does not keep your computer from starting....you would get a warning in text on the screen saying no operating system found, or a PXE code but you would still see something on the screen. You would see the Toshiba splash s ...
Toshiba Satellite M55-S3314 Laptop

How to install windows OS on Samsung N128 netbook

My Windows XP installation has reached its half-life. (You do\015\012know that Windows has a half-life, don’t you? Every installation of\015\012Windows naturally degrades along a logarithmic curve until it becomes\015\012annoying, then ...
Samsung N120-12GBK Netbook

COMPAQ SPS-BD 1394 Motherboard - replacing microprocessor and memory

I normally ask for more information when people post problems but I can't even be bothered to go through all this driver to get to the root of your problem. Cut out the c**p and give the necessary.\015\012\015\012As a former tech, you should know wha ...
Compaq Presario 5000 PC Desktop

HP m7060n Media Center PC had boot problem: now won't display any

Lets try to repair it using the windows installation disc. First things first, look at the motherboard down on the right lower side. I would like you to find the CMOS jumper, it will be three pins sticking up with a plastic jumper made of plastic fit ...
HP Media Center m7060n PC Desktop

Can't boot up laptop

My computer is sayin non sysyem disk what does that mean

This means that your system can not find a suitable drive to boot off of.It could mean the absence of a healthy, physically functional drive with an OS, or a version of windows, on it.It could also mean that the systems drive ...
Compaq Armada 3500 Notebook

Hi i have a optiplex gx150 that has been reformatted. Im doing a course on windows xp proffeisonal, in order to learn the upgrade from windows 2000 to windows xp prof, what will i need. Should i get a buy a windows 2000 OS then buy a disk for the Drivers for the optiplex gx150, Then once installed go through the stages of upgrading to windows xp prof, as i have a windows xp prof os disk with licence?

Generally to upgrade from a former O.S. to a Newer O.S. you would simply do it in Windows. Place XP O.S. in CD Rom Reader than follow the instructions to upgrade. Simply enter the Product key for your XP O.S. when prompted. Good idea to save your Dat ...
Dell OptiPlex GX150 SF PC Desktop

I vacuumed the dust out of the chassis, then tried

Sounds like you may have some decent problems here. The very first thing that I would try would be to open the case and make absolutely sure that all of your connections are tight. Please make sure you have at least one hand on the case to ground y ...
Fujitsu Siemens PC Desktops

Freezing - Dell Inspiron 1525 Laptop

So, you post a message like a telegram. "freezing". since you never\015\012mentioned any other details, i have no option to assume that its a dell\015\012some laptop. the solution which i am writing is universal and applies\015\012to all the laptops. ...
Dell Inspiron 1525 Laptop

Windows XP Hello, I recently bought an HP laptop DV6885SE from you guys, and it came with Windows Vista. We would like to set up a dual boot, so that the computer would ask us which operative system we would like to us (Vista or XP). The reason why we would like to do this is because we have some programs that aren't available for Vista yet. As far as I know, the dual boot would be possible only if the edition of Vista that the computer has is the 32 bit. Is it true? What edition does the laptop

It should have come with the 32. For dual boot on this machine, go in and set up XP on the same partition as Vista. When the machine starts up it will go to a screen that allows you to choose which op system you want. You shouldn't, but if you run in ...
HP PC Laptops

My Acer laptop seem t0 shut down for no apperent reason and it always has to be pluged in

It sounds like your battery may be dead or close to dead if your laptop has to be plugged in all the time. if there is a battery check meter on the battery, you can check the battery condition with that.\012unless it is a problem with your char ...
Acer Aspire 3680 Laptop

Dv1000 bootup problems

Excessively re-booting and getting worse tells me you got registry issues.and most likely a bad MBR.....you'll need to fix one thing at a time. ask your buddies if they have a generice rescue disc....usually system mechanic or one of the other fixit ...
PC Laptops

Question regarding ur answer to my original problem...

Well, sorry if this reply wasn't as fast, it has an older email account attached to it (I will update that)Look, I believe I said before that you would need to press F11 for Dell when it's booting (ino, before it has the Windows screen fl ...
Dell InspironTM 1501 Notebook

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